(ET) More home-made vaccuum thoughts

["Max Hall" <maxo iname com>]

I am working on fitting a golf cart motor to a 30" snowblower head (TWO
stage). I am fitting steel leaf-rake tines to the auger, closing the
snowblower "mouth" down to draw air just from the ground, running it about
2x faster than it did as a snowblower, and rolling the unit slightly 
forward
to add to the raking contact space and thus duration. Old ET mower deck
casters provide the "hovering" height.

Anybody ever try such a thing?

Pictures later!

-Max


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Meier" <mr23 mn rr com>
To: "Elec-trak list" <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: (ET) Just sayin'


> I have an AgriFab brand unit, bought it at "Fleet Farm".
> Also have the dethatcher attachment for it.
>
> We have a cottonwood tree that drops thick waxy leaves
> beginning late summer, almost until the last tree begins to
> drop it's leaves.  If I leave these leaves down on the turf
> for any longer than a few days, the grass is killed off.
>
> The ground is a bit uneven, and the sweeper, when set to
> a depth that is low enough to pick up most all of the lawn
> droppings, will mechanically 'wear' the grass in the area of
> that cottonwood.  If I frequently sweep to keep the leaves
> off to keep the amount of kill down, the mechanical 'wear'
> thins the grass.
>
> Point being, don't expect the sweeper to cure just any
> leaf problem.  And I've been pining for a few years now
> to have a vacuum unit to eliminate the mechanical wear.
> Sweepers seem to work best on thick healthy turf that is
> maintained like a golf course.  My lawn is not even close
> to that, just the wear and tear from the kids playing out
> there makes that near impossible.  So in my case close
> sweeping has some thinning action on the whole lawn.
>
> I'm planning to eliminate that tree, it's 'old' for a cottonwood
> anyway, we're tired of the months of cleanup each year, and
> we can replace it with a more desireable tree.  And if we put
> in geothermal this year (currently looking into that), the ground
> loops will go in the area where this tree and it's leaves fall;
> it just coincidentally happens to be the closest and best location
> for that field.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris Zach" <czach computer org>
> To: "Elec-trak list" <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 9:32 PM
> Subject: (ET) Just sayin'
>
>
> > I sold my Craftsman 16hp Lawn tractor the other day to my Dad. I'm now
> > 100% electric.
> >
> > Now to get a lawn sweeper, and to figure out how to pick up leaves.
> > Anyone got an Elec-Trak lawn sweeper? :-)
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
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